Hidden vs Bubbles - Finally we see who's best

Dragoons!

Earlier this year both Bubbles and I got F1 2010, I bought it like a man and Bubbles naturally pirated it. For a while there has been various bragging and lap speed reports in a competitive fashion, taunting each other, with all respect maintained, and yet because of Bubbles being poor we have never had the pleasure of truly seeing who is the best.

Now we can!

Today both of us purchased F1 2011, the newest addition from Codemasters, and although neither have played yet, so we have no idea how it will work for us (It could be roflcrashing all the time for all we know).

To finally lay rest once and for all as to who is truly the best, we will race a co-op season with Mclaren, from Round One, right to the end we will race as a team to win the Constructors, and against one another for the Driver's Championship.

Follow in the forthcoming posts as we watch the season evolve before our eyes. Only one can win this season, who will it be?

TH

50 bux on hidden winning

A look at: Australia


The Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually and is held to be the pinnacle of motor racing in Australia. The Grand Prix is the oldest surviving motor racing competition held in Australia having been held 76 times since it was first run at Phillip Island in 1928. Since 1985 the race has been a round of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It is presently held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit at Albert Park in Melbourne. Prior to its inclusion in the World Championship it was held at a multitude of venues in every state of Australia. It was a centrepiece of the Tasman Series between 1964 and 1972 and was a round of the Australian Drivers' Championship on many occasions between 1957 and 1983. It became part of the Formula One World Championship in 1985 and was held at the Adelaide Street Circuit in Adelaide, South Australia from that year to 1995, before moving to Melbourne in 1996.

The Australian Grand Prix is the second round of the Championship, having been the first race of each year, excluding 2006 and 2010, since the event moved to Melbourne. During its years in Adelaide, the Australian Grand Prix was the final round of the Championship, replacing the Portuguese Grand Prix in that respect. As the final round of the season, the Grand Prix hosted a handful of memorable Grand Prix, most notably the 1986 and 1994 events which saw those respective titles decided.

Australian driver Lex Davison and German driver Michael Schumacher are the most successful drivers in the 83 year history of the event taking four wins each; while McLaren have been the most successful constructors with eleven victories, their success stretching well back into the pre-Formula One history of the race. Rubens Barrichello is the only driver to have started every single race since it returned to the inner Melbourne street circuit, which had been used previously for the Grand Prix twice in the 1950s.

For the 2010 event Australian airline Qantas returned to the role of naming rights sponsor of the event, having last sponsored the race in 2001.

Laps - 58
Circuit length - 5.303 km (3.295 mi)
Race length - 307.574 km (191.071 mi)
Number of times held - 76
First held - 1928
Most wins (drivers) -Australia Lex Davison (4)
Germany Michael Schumacher (4)
Most wins (constructors) - United Kingdom McLaren (11)

Schedule

Tuesday - Practice 1 (1hr 30mins) Practice 2 (1hr 30mins)
Wednesday - Practice 3 (1hr) Qualifying (1hr)
Thursday - Race

TH

I think hidden will win

Bubs, you got this one.

Australia Practice 1

1st TheHidden01 1:23.00
2nd Bubbles 1:26.400

Both of us took top two, my early time dominated early, Bubbles struggled but his convincing time put him second as he got to know the track better.

TH

Australia Practice 2

1st TheHidden01 1:26.216

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10th Bubbles 1:28.117

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Qualifying

1st TheHidden01 1:23.508

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6th Bubbles 1:26.847

TH

Race

1st TheHidden01

Bubbles DNF.

After an interesting start I lead from start to finish, even lapping Bubbles, it was relatively quiet with minimal scraps as I won the first race of the season.

For Bubbles he had three stop and go's and so fell severly behind. Later on he crashed out and fell out of the race after hanging in 18th for a while.

Not a great start for Bubbles but excellent for me!

TH

Current Positions

Drivers Championship

1st TheHidden01 Mclaren 25pts
2nd Mark Webber Red Bull 18pts
3rd Nico Rosberg Mercedes 15pts
4th Fernado Alonso Ferarri 12pts
5th Michael Schumacher Mercedes 10pts
6th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 8pts
7th Filepe Massa Ferrari 6pts
8th Paul Di Resta Force India 4pts
9th Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 2pts
10th Sergio Pérez Sauber 1pt

Constructors Championship

1st Red Bull 26pts
2nd Mercedes GP F1 Team 25pts
3rd Mclaren Mercedes 25pts
4th Ferrari 18pts
5th Force India 4pts
6th Sauber 3pts

TH

A look at: Malaysia


First included in the Formula One World Championship in 1999, the current Malaysian Grand Prix is held at the Sepang International Circuit at Sepang, Malaysia. FIA-sanctioned racing in Malaysia has existed since the 1960s. For 2011, the race will change its name to the Malaysia Grand Prix.

Laps - 56
Circuit length - 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
Race length - 310.408 km (192.878 mi)
Number of times held - 31
First held - 1962
Most wins (drivers) - Hong Kong John MacDonald (4)
Most wins (constructors) - Italy Ferrari (5)

TH